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03-11-2013, 09:24 PM
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Location: Prague,ok
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Gas gauge stuck
Well on my way for gas tonite i was under the impression i had 1/8th tank but after $30.00 it still said 1/8th any help or ideas would be apreciated
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03-11-2013, 10:00 PM
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Location: Saint Louis, MO
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Re: Gas gauge stuck
I have the same problem but mine moves around. It will go way up past full and get stuck for a while then come down to just above full and sometimes it will actually tell me how much fuel I have.
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03-12-2013, 01:54 PM
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Re: Gas gauge stuck
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03-12-2013, 01:59 PM
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Re: Gas gauge stuck
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Bad power or Bad ground to the instrument cluster would make the gauge stay in one place. There are two splices in the harness behind the instrument cluster. One splices several grounds to one wire and the other is a similar power wire splice. Check those first.
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1959 M35A2 LDT465-1D SOLD 1967 Dodge W200 B383, NP420/NP201 SOLD 1969 Dodge Polara 500 B383, A833 SOLD 1972 Ford F250 FE390, NP435/NP205 SOLD 1976 Chevy K20, 6.5L, NV4500/NP208 SOLD 1986 M1008 CUCV SOLD 2000 GMC C2500, TD6.5L, NV4500 2005 Chevy Silverado LS 2500HD 6.0L 4L80E/NP263 2009 Impala SS LS4 V8 RTFM... GM Parts Books, GM Schematics, GM service manuals, and GM training materials...
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03-12-2013, 02:01 PM
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Re: Gas gauge stuck
Stuck float is also a possibility.
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03-12-2013, 02:31 PM
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Re: Gas gauge stuck
Reach the back of the instrument panel and make sure the harness plug is firmly planted in place. That fixed mine. Now if that doesn't work, then I'm afraid you will need to do some diagnostics. There is a good flow chart around here somewhere...
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03-14-2013, 11:44 AM
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Re: Gas gauge stuck
my 78 bounced when driving when i bought it
read it was a tank/sender issue when i switched from idots to Tach/gauges in the 78 had to repin the cluster and added a seperate ground to that joint and one to just the gauge pin since going to the small gauge I no longer bounce i put a new spectra tank and sender in my 79 no bounce,gauges with big F gauge cluster splices/joins are about a foot from the plug i went throught the whole cluster and cleaned the paths, be sure to check the paths on the board, to the plug are straight too crazy glue worked for that
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